Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-06-16
Away down in Tennessee.

Allardt, June !, 1881.
FRIEND MENZIES: will try and
send you a few items from the Sunny
South. We have had delightful wealth
er this spring so far. Rain in abund-
ance. Farmers are all well pleased
with the prospects for Il bountiful har-
vest. Oats are looking well. corn is be-
ing worked the second time. Some
have green peas. potatoes and all kinds
Of garden truck. Strawberries have
passed beyond for another year. Next
is huckleberries which grow here in
abundance. They will sell for l0cts
and 10 cts Il gallon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Owen Williams former
ly. of Fargo, Mich. lost little girl last
week from spinal fever. She was al
ways sickly child. You see death
will find us in all places.
We are all glad to see Will Brown is
able to work again. viii made host
of friends in Allardt and all join in
wishing him good health and prosperi-
ty.
There is Il great deal of land chang
ing hands here. \ Mr.. Beatty sold To
one man last week Sl2OOO worth at zoe
per acre and he says he has 2o.OUO acres
more to sell or put i'll railroad.
GeInt Il Blanchard have bought 1000
acres of j. &. Wright at same figure.
This is all well timbered land, under
laid with a IT. 9 in. vein of the finest
coal III the United States, SO you see
these lands will be worth at least $500
an acre just for the coal at lOctS per ton
when they go to mining, which they
say will not be long. They are survey
ing and prospecting with three crews
of men all the time.
Mr.. WiXOn, of Cheboygan, Mich, is
with us at present. He came Tor his
health, having some throat trouble, and
is gaining fast. He says this Is the
best place in the United States for such
diseases and recommends all persons
suffering from throat or lung trouble,
to come to the mountains. We have
the purest air and best free stone wa
ter | have been here three years and
can say | never had as good health as /
have enjoyed in that time. My family
have never been sick day. This is a
good healthy country but not us good
farming land as in old Mich. This
mountain has been burned over every
year for at least seventy-iive years. so
you see there is no soil to work on.
After this land is made it brings good
crops, SUCH as corn, oats, peas, rye, pot
atocs and garden truck. Farmers do
not need only about one-llalf as much
to feed on here as they do north, the
winters are so short.
We notice wool is selling in Brock
way Centre for 30 cts per pound 1t
is selling here for 80 cts. There is the
best chance here for sheep industry of
anything know Of. 1t does not cost
One-quarter as much to winter them
here as it does in cold climate Some
farmers shear their sheep twice a year
1t would not cost person anything tn
summer them here as there is lots of
range. All n man need do would be to
salt them. Sheep are very cheap. sell
ing from $3.50 TO $3.50 per head. They
are not as large as those of the north.
would not advise anyone TO come
| here to farm, rs this is no place for a
man to try to make business of farm
| ing. The land is not rich and seems
SO wild that it is very hard to keep
| down the weeds and brush. The land
| is sour and needs lime and lots of work
| ing. which the natives do not believe
| in-th work | mean. All questions IN
reference to this country will be freely
answered. More anon. +. a. HILL.